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PVC - not polypro. In other words, it lacks the features of a normal canister light, has all of the old problems that we solved a while back, is still breakable, and introduces new problems which I will not go into. Barry Miller makes the unbreakable polly light, both Arnie and Barry make the Gavin light and other canister lights. You do what you like, but when I have the time to dive, the last thing I want is anything but the best. My biggest fear in cave or wreck diving is getting to the game and not being able to play. When I go, I buy a First Class Ticket, or I stay home. Brian Fairbanks wrote: > > I am entering this conversation late. I might have missed a little > but I haven't (so far) seen anything about the new "Generic" Dive Rite > Light. Some call it the Ginnie Light because they are exclusively > selling it. It costs approx $300 and is made of polypropylene. It > doesn't have the ever so popular bananna plug. It does have 2 clamps > on the lid so you can convert it into a bananna set-up if you like. > It comes with a test tube that is of coarse adjustable. > > I dove with one during my last trip to Florida and I didn't find > anything wrong with it. Seemed like a well constructed canister > light. > > What you guys think? > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randylabel@ao*.co* <Randylabel@ao*.co*> > To: william@ca*.co* <william@ca*.co*> > Cc: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> > Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 5:42 AM > Subject: Re: I need a new light.... > > Sorry I missed most of the conversation on this, but, I > was diving Madison > last weekend; heard about the new HID light from dive-rite; > so I wrote them > and asked about it. Look at there web page and consider > it. The info I got > back sugests they are still in the experimental stage; not > sure if or when it > is available. > I too am in the market for another primary. Presently I > have two scouts > and an old dive rite ( the square one ). Once the primary > gave me trouble, > and that was when I took lessons on how to cave dive. > Consider this; carrying a single 12 volt battery and a > ballest ( I hope > this weighs about the same as a two 12 volt battery > canister), having the > light of the sun with you and it lasting longer than the > currently available > primarys of the same size. > I am not saying this is the light for you as I don't know > what you need: a > light NOW, or take a chance on a light that is new in > design (this of course > means there may be improvements after the first year, > although, I'm know dive- > rite stands behind there gear). I KNOW I'm going to wait > and see when the > light becomes available as to the price and specs. of this > new light, and then > I'll buy a new primary; Which will be either an AUL, > Explorer Pro 14, or the > new HID from dive-rite. > > The furture looks bright, from dive-rite, > NO, I'm not a salesman for Lamar, but it a good > sale pitch, eh? > > Randy LaBelle
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